YELLOW 



tinkle at the least disturbance and sound an alarum among the 

 flowers ? 



These too are true "lilies of the field," less gorgeous, less 

 imposing that the Turks' caps, but with an unsurpassed grace and 

 charm of their own. " Fairy-caps," these pointed blossoms are 

 sometimes called; "witch-caps," would be more appropriate 

 still. Indeed they would make dainty headgear for any of the 

 dim inhabitants of Wonder-Land. 



The growth of this plant is very striking when seen at its 

 best. The erect stem is surrounded with regular whorls of leaves, 

 from the upper one of which curves a circle of long-stemmed, 

 nodding flowers. They suggest an exquisite design for a church 

 candelabra. 



PRICKLY PEAR. INDIAN FIG. 



Opuntia Rafinesqtdi. Cactus Family. 



Flowers. Yellow, large, two and a half to three and a half inches across. 

 Calyx. Of numerous sepals. Corolla. Of ten or twelve petals. Stamens. 

 Numerous. Pistil. One, with numerous stigmas. Fruit. Shaped like 

 a small pear, often with prickles over its surface. 



This curious looking plant is one of the*only two representa- 

 tives of the Cactus family in the Northeastern States. It has 

 deep green, fleshy, prickly, rounded joints and large yellow 

 flowers, which are often conspicuous in summer in dry, sandy 

 places along the coast. 



O. vulgaris, the only other species found in Northeastern 

 America, has somewhat smaller flowers, but otherwise so closely 

 resembles O. Rafinesquii as to make it difficult to distinguish 

 between the two. 



FOUR-LEAVED LOOSESTRIFE. 



Lysimachia quadrifolia. Primrose Family. 



**y Stem. Slender, one or two feet high. Leaves. Narrowly oblong, 



whorled in fours, fives, or sixes. Flowers. Yellow, spotted or streaked 

 with red, on slender, hair-like flower-stalks from the axils of the leaves. 

 Calyx. Five or six-parted. Corolla. Very deeply five or six-parted. 

 Stamens. Four or five. Pistil. One. 



This slender pretty plant grows along the roadsides and at- 

 tracts one's notice in June by its regular whorls of leaves and 



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